It ain't a good idea to click on links posted by someone you don't trust
(somewhat!), esp. tinyurl ones.
If you do click on such, please refrain from lambasting the weak coward
who posts such. He needs attention badly, and if he gets it here, he

I thought there were quite a few female photo enthusiasts and yet most
of the participants in all of the photo and printer newsgroups are
guys.  Anyone know why?
Also, it seems the most active participants are the Brits and yet the

Is there a way to delete portions of an already burned DVD?
If not, what do I need to do ? I saw only how DVD shrink looked at the whole
movie and then recorded it without giving a change to edit and make cuts.
I am using rewritable DVD's.

does anyone know some good websites with reviews of digital cameras? I'm
looking at getting something simple and cheap, like an "Olympus Camedia
C-770 Ultra Zoom" or a "Konica Minolta Dimage Z3", and would like to read
opinions and comparisons.

I've quantified digital camera sensor performance, comparing
photon-noise-limited DSLRs and point and shoot cameras.
Good cameras are now photon noise limited and this sets
basic properties that depend on pixel size and how many photons

I just purchased a new Sony DSC-M1 and have downloaded some sample
videos from the camera.  Since they are MP4 files what programs are
recommended for viewing/editing those videos?
Thanks in advance.

It seems that there are too many messages sitting in this group - it takes
my computer a long time to load them.  I have other newsgroups, and
everything's fine with them.  I do notice that it says (117017) next to this
newsgroup name - is that number of active messages?  My ...

Hello friends
A friend will buy me a digital camera, panasonic (fz15 or fz20) in miami,
florida. Nevertheless, he could not have found her in shops. It has searched
in circuit city, best buy and Walmart, and only has found fz20 in circuit

Hay,
I want to buy the Pentax or a sony V3, can someone tell me something about
the photoquality of the Pentax?
I will use it for landscape photo's en portraits mostly on holidays in far

i understand that epson doesnt support roll paper at 13" on the 2200.
does anyone know how to make it work?  every time i create custom paper
sizes, my prints start halfway throught the image.  so im stuck right
now printing 13x19 max, or defaulting to the epson panorama driver

This June, mine will be 5 years old.  That's right, FIVE years old!
No battery door issues (I keep a tripod shoe permanently attached to
the bottom in the hopes that it will keep the door closed if the
springs should happen to break).

I just got the above mentioned camera and I love it!! My only
frustration is with the shutter button. It has this two stage function
that is driving me nuts. I have missed several shots because of it. Is
there a setting to bypass this so when I push the button it just takes

Is there any camera out there with
a video mode that records in stereo?
I checked the Kodak cameras - all seem to be mono.

I was able to salvage old school pictures I took with an Apple Take
QuickTake 100 we had in mid 90s but I can't find a way to open it in
Windows XP.

Can I have your opinions ?
Camera 10d + 17-40
Thanks.
Quostat